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geek

[ geek ]

noun

  1. a digital-technology expert or enthusiast (a term of pride as self-reference, but often used disparagingly by others).
  2. a person who has excessive enthusiasm for and some expertise about a specialized subject or activity:

    a foreign-film geek.

  3. a peculiar person, especially one who is perceived to be overly intellectual, unfashionable, or socially awkward.
  4. a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken.


verb (used without object)

  1. to be overexcited about a specialized subject or activity, or to talk about it with excessive enthusiasm (usually followed by out ):

    I could geek out about sci-fi for hours.

geek

/ ɡiːk /

noun

  1. a person who is preoccupied with or very knowledgeable about computing
  2. a boring and unattractive social misfit
  3. a degenerate


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Derived Forms

  • ˈgeeky, adjective

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Other Words From

  • geeky adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of geek1

First recorded in 1915–20; probably variant of geck (mainly Scots ) “fool,” from Dutch or Low German gek

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Word History and Origins

Origin of geek1

C19: probably variant of Scottish geck fool, from Middle Low German geck

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Example Sentences

He grew up both a computer geek in the early days of video games and an avid record collector.

But I was a choir geek, and then got frustrated and took an acting class and realized that was the thing for me.

Every geek in the Free Culture movement had the idea for Kickstarter years before Kickstarter actually existed.

Sure, but I was more of a musical theater geek than a Disney fan.

And the geek, Lionel (Tyler James Williams), is a closeted gay who finds himself alienated by blacks and whites.

A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion, as necessary and dangerous as file sharing, free speech, and bottled water on a plane.

"A notorious geek and gull," I said, borrowing from a more distinguished writer.

When a geek prince hired out as a laborer for a year on Niflheim, he did so for only one purpose—to learn Terran technologies.

Any question of geek psychology is wide open as far as I'm concerned; the longer I stay here, the less I understand it.

"I heard what happened, how they found him, and about that geek chamber-valet being arrested," von Schlichten said.

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